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CORONAVIRUS
Two deaths, two new cases
The Mercury, 30 Apr 2020
 Two new
coronavirus cases in the north and north west have taken
Tasmania's total to 221.
Two deaths today have taken the
total number of deaths from coronavirus to 13.
CORONAVIRUS
North west outbreak report released
ABC News, 30 Apr 2020
 The
COVID-19 North West Regional Hospital Outbreak Interim Report
[pdf] suggests the outbreak originated from the Ruby Princess
cruise ship and says some hospital staff had coronavirus
symptoms while they worked.
CORONAVIRUS
One more
ABC News, 29 Apr 2020
A health worker from
north west Tasmania is the state's only additional coronavirus
case for the 24 hours to 6.00pm today (Wednesday).
 Further testing
is being undertaken on the borderline case mentioned yesterday
UPDATE 30/4/2020: The person subsequently
tested negative for the coronavirus.
CORONAVIRUS
Borderline case in South
The Mercury, 28 Apr 2020
 A borderline coronavirus test
result in southern Tasmania has resulted in the person being
retested, the new result being expected tomorrow (Wed.).
FOUR NEW CASES: Four more
coronavirus cases, one of them from the north but all related to
the north west outbreak, were announced on Tuesday (The Mercury,
28 Apr 2020).
CORONAVIRUS
Two more
The Mercury, 27 Apr 2020
Two more coronavirus
cases, both contacts of previous north west cases, have been
reported for the 24 hours to 6.00pm today (Monday).
CORONAVIRUS
What Term 2 schooling will be like
ABC News, 27 Apr 2020
 This report outlines what
Tasmanian parents can expect their children's schools to be
doing in Term 2 and what issues they may be facing.
CORONAVIRUS
Another four cases
ABC News, 26 Apr 2020
Four additional cases
of coronavirus in Tasmania, all related to the north west
outbreak, were recorded in the 24 hours to 6.00pm today (Sun 26 Apr 2020).
CORONAVIRUS
Just one more case
The Mercury, 25 Apr 2020
A male health worker in
his 40s from north west Tasmania is the state's only additional
coronavirus case recorded in the 24 hours to 6.00pm today (Sat
25 Apr 2020).
Eleventh death, ABC News, 26 Apr 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Plan for Term 2 outlined
Tas Govt media release, 24 Apr 2020
 Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff has detailed
how Term 2 will begin [pdf] with teachers using a wellbeing
check-in tool to determine how students are faring with learning
from home.
Tasmanian Government Schools - Plan for Term 2
[pdf], Tas Govt website
CORONAVIRUS
Two more cases
ABC News, 24 Apr 2020
Two north west men in
their twenties who are contacts of known cases have taken the
state's coronavirus tally to 207.
Tenth death recorded, ABC News 25
Apr 2020
CORONAVIRUS
NW restrictions extended
ABC News, 24 Apr 2020
North west restrictions
such as closure of non-essential retailers will continue for an
extra week, the premier Peter Gutwein announced this morning.
School sites will be closed for the first four days of Term 2.
May 4th resumption for NW schools,
Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for education and Training, 24 Apr
2020
NINTH
DEATH:
A 79-year-old woman from north west Tasmania is
the ninth person to die from the coronavirus.
CORONAVIRUS
Zero cases!
The Mercury, 23 Apr 2020
For the first
day in more than three weeks, no new coronavirus cases have been
recorded in Tasmania.
CORONAVIRUS
Four more cases
ABC News, 22 Apr 2020
Four new COVID-19
victims, all from the north west, have taken Tasmania's tally to
205.
CORONAVIRUS
The problems of staggering students
The Conversation (opinion by Andrew J. Martin), 22 Apr 2020
 The NSW plan to stagger the
return of its students to schools creates a number of issues to
consider, an academic writes.
CORONAVIRUS
A pleasing one
The Mercury, 21 Apr 2020
A north west man in his
90s is the only person to test positive to contracting the
coronavirus in Tasmania during the 24 hours to 6.00pm today. The
state's total is now 201 cases.
CORONAVIRUS
Now 200 cases
ABC News, 20 Apr 2020
An additional five
cases of coronavirus, all of them women in the north west, have
taken Tasmania's total to 200.
NW outbreak "trailing off", ABC News, 21
Apr 2020
CORONAVIRUS
One resident has coronavirus
ABC News, 19 Apr 2020
From the 500 tests of
all staff and residents of three nursing homes in Tasmania's
north west, only one resident has returned a positive test for
the coronavirus.
TOTAL NOW
191: That case plus two others from the north west take
the latest Tasmanian coronavirus total to 191 cases.
UPDATED 20/4/2020:
TOTAL RISES TO 195: The total number of coronavirus
cases in Tasmania has risen to 195. The DHHS had previously
reported a rise to 197, but it reported today that a manual
counting error had been made
CORONAVIRUS
Teachers' coronavirus concerns must be addressed
The Conversation (opinion by Claire Hooker), 17 Apr 2020
A variety
of actions by government and special procedures in schools could
ease teachers' coronavirus fears, an academic writes.
CORONAVIRUS
Another four cases
ABC News, 17 Apr 2020
Four more north west
coronavirus cases, reported for the 24 hours to 6.00pm, have
taken Tasmania's total to 184.
UPDATE 18/4/2020: A further four cases, again all from the north
west, have taken the state's total to 188.
CORONAVIRUS
Seventh death
ABC News, 17 Apr 2020
A 72-year-old man who
died in the Mersey Community Hospital at Latrobe is Tasmania's
seventh coronavirus death.
UPDATE 18/4/2020 -
Eighth death (ABC News) Another person has died from the
coronavirus in the north west, bringing the state's death total
to eight.
CORONAVIRUS
Another rise of 11
The Mercury, 16 Apr 2020
Tasmania's tally of
coronavirus cases has risen by 11 to 180, ten of the new cases
occurring in the north west and one in the south.
CORONAVIRUS
School levy refund process announced
Tas Govt media release, 16 Apr 2020
 Education minister Jeremy
Rockliff has named a
website
where parents can leave their bank details to obtain a refund of
this year's school levies.
School levies refund process, DoE
CORONAVIRUS
Only another four cases
this time
The Mercury, 15 Apr 2020
The Tasmanian
coronavirus tally has increased by a relatively small four cases
since yesterday, all of them in the north west. The total is now
169.
CORONAVIRUS
Big jump in cases as sixth death occurs
ABC News, 14 Apr 2020
A 91-year-old woman has
died from coronavirus in the Mersey Community Hospital, the
sixth person to lose their life to the disease in Tasmania.
The daily tally of Tasmanian coronavirus cases has risen by 15
to 165 cases, 14 of the 15 occurring in the north west.
CORONAVIRUS
Shock possible origin of NW outbreak
The Mercury, 14 Apr 2020
An illegal medical workers' dinner
party may have contributed to the coronavirus outbreak in north
west Tasmania, chief medical officer Professor Brendan Murphy
says.
However, such a
rumour had previously been denied by Tasmanian premier Peter
Gutwein.
In today's 11.00am briefing, the premier said that
so far the contact tracing did not suggest a dinner party as a
source of the outbreak but nevertheless the rumour would be
investigated.
UPDATE: Professor Murphy subsequently "walked back" his claim.
(ABC News)
CORONAVIRUS
Total reaches 150
The Mercury, 13 Apr 2020
Tasmania's coronavirus
tally has risen by six cases, all in the north west, to reach
150.
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus takes Goodies member
ABC News, 13 Apr 2020
 British comedian Tim
Brooke-Taylor, one of The Goodies trio, has died from the
coronavirus at the age of 79.
CORONAVIRUS
Yet another 11 cases
The Mercury, 12 Apr 2020
For the third day in a
row Tasmania's total number of coronavirus cases increased by
eleven.
Today's eleven, like yesterday's eleven, are all from
the north west. The total is now 144 cases.
CORONAVIRUS
North west hit by corona restrictions
ABC News, 12 Apr 2020
Two hospitals will be closed and a
major retail tightening will be implemented in Tasmania's north
west.
An outbreak of the coronavirus is forcing the restrictions on
businesses in the following municipalities from midnight tonight
(Sun 12 Apr 2020): Latrobe, Kentish, Devonport, Circular
Head, Burnie, Wynyard-Waratah, Central Coast, West Coast.
Over a thousand people who are hospital staff or their family
members are to undergo quarantine or self-isolation.
(UPDATE 13/4/20: The Premier said the number was 1,000 staff
plus their families, making up to 4,500 people altogether.)
The new restrictions on north west businesses will apply for the
next 14 days.
Important information for people in NW Tasmania,
Tas Govt, 12 Apr 2020
NW hospitals to close, The Mercury,
12 Apr 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Fifth death as Tas corona cases climb higher still
The Mercury, 12 Apr 2020 UPDATED
The Tasmanian
coronavirus death toll has risen to five with the death of a
woman in her 70s.
Overnight, a further eleven coronavirus cases, all in the north
west, took the state's total to 133.
CORONAVIRUS
Cases climb in Tasmania
The Mercury, 10 Apr 2020
UPDATED 9.30pm
Eleven new
coronavirus cases, including eight more health workers
associated with the North West General Hospital, have taken
Tasmania's total to 122.
(However, this figure is adjusted
down to 121 to comply with new federal reporting principles.)
Earlier, a man who had died in the North West General Hospital
was the fourth person to die from the disease in Tasmania.
CORONAVIRUS
North west adds four
more cases
The Mercury, 9 Apr 2020
Four more coronavirus cases, all
from the north west, have taken Tasmania's total number of cases
to 111.
CORONAVIRUS
North west outbreak grows as Tas total reaches 107
ABC News, 8 Apr 2020
Tasmania's coronavirus total
grew by nine to a total of 107 today, with eight of the cases
involving people in the state's north west.
CORONAVIRUS
Lockdown looming for Burnie?
The Mercury, 8 Apr 2020
Total lockdown of Burnie is
being considered in the battle to control the spread of
coronavirus from the local hospital, the Premier, Peter Gutwein,
warns.
CORONAVIRUS
Corona cases
jump from 89 to 98
ABC News, 7 Apr 2020
Nine new
coronavirus cases, eight of them associated with the North West
Regional Hospital outbreak, have taken Tasmania's total to 98.
CORONAVIRUS
No repeat for Year 12 students
ABC News, 7 Apr 2020
 Year 12 students will not have to repeat their year
and will receive an ATAR, federal education minister Dan Tehan
says.
CORONAVIRUS
Third Tasmanian dies
ABC News, 7 Apr 2020
A Tasmanian man
in his eighties with coronavirus who had been on a cruise ship
has died in the North West General Hospital.
SEXUAL ABUSE
Pell acquitted
ABC News, 7 Apr 2020
 The High Court has allowed
Cardinal George Pell's appeal over sexual abuse convictions. He
will be able to walk free today.
CORONAVIRUS
Boris in intensive care
ABC News, 7 Apr 2020
 British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson has been placed in intensive care following a worsening
of his coronavirus condition.
CORONAVIRUS
Corona cases now 89
ABC News, 6 Apr 2020
UPDATED
A further three
Tasmanian coronavirus cases announced this evening have taken
the state's total to 89.
CORONAVIRUS
Six corona cases take Tas total to 80 as first two deaths are
reported
ABC News, 4 Apr 2020
Six more cases
of coronavirus in Tasmania, two of them staff at the North West
Regional Hospital, have brought the state's total to 80.
Tasmania's first death from coronavirus occurred at the hospital
on Monday and a second death occurred in Hobart on Wednesday.
UPDATE 10.00pm 4 Apr 2020: The Tasmanian total is now 82
cases. A third North West Regional Hospital worker has tested
positive for the coronavirus
CORONAVIRUS
New student free day
The Mercury, 3 Apr 2020
Term 2 will commence with a
student free day on Monday 27 April 2020, education minister
Jeremy Rockliff has announced.
Term 2 for students begins on
Tuesday 28 April but students will continue learning at home
unless it is necessary for them to be cared for at school.
Term 2 learning for government school students,
Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training, 3 Apr 2020
Supporting Tasmanian Year 12 students into university,
Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and
Training, 3 Apr 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus alert
ABC News, 1 Apr 2020
Have YOU been to these
Tasmanian locations during the period 12 to 23 March?
It has
been revealed that two tourists had been travelling the state
while they had the coronavirus.
CORONAVIRUS
Two new Tas cases
ABC News, 7.00pm 1 Apr 2020
Two men, one from the north and
one from the south, have been found to have the coronavirus,
taking the state's total to 71.
UPDATE 2 Apr 2020: An additional case this morning plus
two more this afternoon have taken the total to 74
CORONAVIRUS
No new Tas cases
ABC News, 1 Apr 2020
Tasmania has experienced a
24-hour period with no new coronavirus cases.
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